Tenderfoot: An American Mammoths Novel

AN ALTERNATE AMERICATime and place; the Post-Civil War in a world not our own. A United States where the great megafauna of North America-mammoths, cave bears, and saber-tooth tigers-never went extinct. Clement Clarke is an ex-Confederate Elephantine Dragoon soldier now a washed-up, drunk bounty hunter whose only friend is a uniquely intelligent Columbian Mammoth. While on his way to bayou country in search of a notorious outlaw, he encounters twelve-year-old Thalia Ridgeway, an orphan wanting to hire him to find the man who murdered her father. Clarke tries to dissuade her but when he discovers a paid assassin hunting the girl, he has no choice but to get involved in what he soon discovers is a deep conspiracy of railroad tycoons looking to profit from Reconstruction. The only thing in their way is Thalia. Writer Michael Panush once again showcases his incredible imagination with a setting and cast of characters unlike anything you've ever seen in print. Artist Ron Hill provides the wonderful interior illustrations and Rob Davis the gorgeous color cover.